Dr. Jayadeva, born in 1929 was influenced and attracted to Yoga, right from his early childhood under the influence of his illustrious father Shri Yogendraji, the founder of The Yoga Institute and mother Smt. Sitadevi- a pioneer in teaching Yoga to women.

A brilliant student throughout, Dr. Jayadeva did his Masters in Samkhya and Yoga at Bombay University in 1952. He stood FIRST in First class and obtained several prizes. He continued his study and completed Ph D. in 1955. His illustrious guide is said to haveremarked that for the work Dr. Jayadeva had one, he should b awarded two Ph D. degrees. He then chose to become Lecturer in two classical ancient languages SANSKRIT and PRAKRIT. He was invited by the State Government to take over as Principal of Teachers Training Institute of Yoga in Mumbai.

Recognising his eminence in Yoga, the Central Government of India invited him to be on the Governing Body of Central Council Research in Indian Medicine in the year 1973. He continued medical research on Yoga for many years thereafter. He was invited as Guest Lecturer by various universities overseas including at Melbourne, Frankfurt,

In 1987, he set up first Museum on Yoga at the Institute. Since taking charge at the Institute, he has concentrated in formalising ancient knowledge for common householder and laymen by publishing various books in different languages. For the serious students he has published 3 volumes on Yoga Encyclopaedia and it is a Bible for the students of various Teachers Training Courses regularly conducted at the Institute. He took keen interest in setting up series of health camps for dealing with various ailments in a holistic yogic way. These camps of 2 days duration are held every month at the Institute.
He is the Editor of the Institute’s Journal, “Yoga & Total Health” published since 1933. His editorials and articles are very brief and sharp and make the readers to ponder over it for long. He is a man of extremely few words and still manages the affairs of the Institute. Students at the Institute draw constant inspiration from his wisdom, compassion, wit and unflinching commitment to truth.